Foot of Wall Street - 1889

 

The Wall Street Ferry, in the background, opened in May 1853, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn at Montague Street. It was expanded and gained side towers around 1880. The ferry closed in 1912.

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The centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington, on April 29, 1889. Scene of the naval parade on the Foot of Wall Street, showing the old Wall Street Ferry and Brooklyn across East River, in the background. Photograph by the Brooklyn Academy of Photography, published in the History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States by Clarence Winthrop Bowen (1852-1935), published in 1892 by a committee of citizens of the City of New York, whose active work began on November 10, 1887. Photo shows carriages containing the plan, scope Committee and the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, leaving the Foot of Wall Street for the reception at the Equitable Building.

 

Centennial celebration George Washington

 

 

◄ Foot of Wall Street

 

Old City New York

 

Wall Street Ferry

The original building.

 

Washington Inauguration

 

Foot of Wall Street - 1889

 

Centennial Celebration Washington

 

Procession Wall Street

 

Centennial Celebration Inauguration George Washington 1889

 

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The carriage, still on the Foot of Wall Street, containing the President of the United States, the Governor of the State of New York, the Mayor of the City of New York and the president of the Centennial Committee.

Buildings on the south side of the Foot of Wall Street in the background. The utility poles were removed a few month later.

 

President of the United States